The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-03-04
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There are 50 many things to be con
sidered In individual cases that rules
can not be laid down and strictly adj
hercd to in any branch Of farming.
The man that succeeds in making
farming profitable must have adapta-
bility to use what he has to tho best
advantage. Should l say, because on
my farm there il not all the improved
machinery for growing wheat, that !
will give up trying to raise wheat, It
can not be done at a profit; or because
l have no potato planter, digger, and
other appliances ~ the most approved
and expensive kind, that / win not
raise a potato because it can not be
done without these at a profit? How
many of our successful farmers had
improved machinery to start withP 1t
il not 50 much the machine rs the man
who uses them. that makes them pay.
l trust that no one will think by this
do not appreciate good tools to farm
with. II a man can buy a thing which
will help him to raise a larger and bet
ter crop at less expense, then he Is Ger
tainly right, aud we advise him to Ego
ahead but don't let US get into either
one Of two ruts-that Of thinking we
can not do without things Mr.. So and
50 has. even il we have 10 run in debt
for them, or chat we can do without
things we arc satisfied would increase
our income.
One Of the bad things we have to 70
cord Of ourselves Is. we dent do IS
well as we might in our present cir
cumstanccs. For instaL"c. il we pillow
a piece carclcssly, ''cut and cover"
etc, will a twcnty-five-doliar clod-
crusher. q thirty-doIlar roller. onc-hun-
drel-dollar drill and two-hundrcd-dol.
lar binder be likely to give q proiita
ble crop of whcatP We read. perhaps.
Of d man in ou own State who raises
forty bushels " wheat per acre. We
learn after inquiry that he used a GER
tain implement or set Of implements.
They may not be suited to our farm at
all. We must look 10 the soil uc work,
not TO some other mans farm. Some
have come 10 doubt whether the farm
pays. 1t must come nearer home than
the farm. Can the farmer himself
adapt his talent, labor and his capital
70 get profit from his farm? Hun
drcds Of men are making money
on their farms every day. many
Of them were not the best
Of farmers to begin with. Hun.
drcds, on the other hand, use sinking
money and getting discouraged every
day. Let these change farms and the
result would be the same, only 0
80. II II not the business. nor luck,
nor stock, general or specially farming.
It's the man that makes success Or
failure.
Whatever crop or thing we raise, let
as strive 10 make IL desirable. Study
the markets and crop reports. Don't
be 50 deceived as to look only ut the
prospect in your own vicinity How
to buy and sell Is worthy sur earnest
attention. The one who Is careful
alont this will often see the Spectator
or dealer pocket double his share Of
profit. Such men label a mar ''Iucky,"
II he sells as a rule TO advantage, but
set II down that he takes the papers
and gets out Of them the Information
which, placed beside his judgment,
shall mako him successful In this line.
The time has como when manual labor
must be well seasoned with thought 70
make American farming psy.-E q
Frost. 10 OHIO Farmer.